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Re:Fusion power could arrive sooner than expected by elnerdo on Monday October 08, 2012 @07:00PM (#4629101)
Fusion power is actually already above break even. There are a lot more practical engineering problems with fusion power before that means anything, though. Most of these problems have to do with materials science: Plasma is incredibly difficult to contain, and it's very difficult to design a cooling system that could work sustainably. Without a cooling system, there is no way to make use of the heat generated in fusion.

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